Kaashif Ghanie [he/him] is a mixed first generation Guyanese Canadian Muslim Ceramic and Visual Artist working in Kjipuktuk/Halifax in the Wonderneath Art Society Ceramic Studio. Ghanie's art practice merges historical Islamic vessel shapes and motifs from his family members prayer rugs into a contemporary visual language. He graduated NSCAD University in fall 2015 with a bachelors degree in ceramics and a minor in art history. Ghanie has been a resident in the Centre for Crafts Summer residency [2016 and 2017] and a AIR Craft resident [2017-2018]. In 2019 Ghanie was a CFAT Scholar and mentored by William Robinson during his scholarship.